Chapter 775

Anyone could say that she was a replacement for Kayla, but Diana alone had seen how he risked his own life to save hers. She alone knew how deep the wound in the chest went, and she alone was clear how disgusted he was with Kayla and how much he wanted their babies to come back to them.

According to common sense, Diana couldn’t possibly consider the possibility of herself being a replacement again.

A spark of long-lost hope and excitement rekindled in Julian’s heart.

It was through this loophole did he find a sliver of hope that his relationship with Diana might be strengthened.

If she did everything because she was threatened, would Betty and Sean, whom he had never seen before, be his children?

The thought made Julian’s heart leap to his throat.

He stepped hard on the accelerator and charged in the direction Noel pointed out to him.

***

“I’m not going.” This was the first time Diana rejected Simon’s suggestion so firmly.

Simon was stunned for a moment, the fear hidden in his heart growing increasingly intense.

He stopped packing his luggage and smiled bitterly. “Do you still want the kids to study here?”

“That’s one reason.” Diana looked up determinedly at Simon and went on, “Another reason is that I want to find their biological father.”

That was something she had never even thought about in the past.

At first, she thought she could be both a mother and a father at the same time.

She could take care of both children very well.

She could even give them a replacement father.

It was why she sought out Simon and even wanted to marry him.

But when she heard about her past from the mouth of a stranger today-about the real memories she had forgotten- the notion of regaining her memories came strongly to her.

“I never knew that so many things happened to me, and that I knew so many people in Richburgh,” she said. Memories that used to be unimportant now suddenly seemed so significant to her.

She wanted to know what kind of a person she used to be.

And… There was another thing she wanted to know even more.

If she had indeed lived in Richburgh, then searching for the father of her children wouldn’t be like finding a needle in a haystack.

In fact, there might be hope of finding him within the parameters of Richburgh.

Simon was speechless.

His mind was buzzing; he could see Diana’s mouth opening and closing, but could hear nothing.

He only managed to suppress the fear of losing Diana after a long while.

No…

He didn’t even have her in the first place.

He hadn’t dared to confess his feelings for her, even after such a long time.

He didn’t dare letting her know his deepest-most feelings.

If this went on, would there eventually come one day when she would pass him by?

Suddenly, courage filled Simon’s heart as he gripped the clothes by his side and finally found his voice.

“Diana, will you still marry me?”

However, Diana didn’t reply to him.

She had mixed feelings toward Simon.

On one hand, she was grateful for him.

On the other hand, his brother didn’t approve of her. She didn’t want to be the wedge that drove their family apart.

Also, the panic in Simon’s eyes made one thing clear to her: Simon was hiding some very important things from her.

This made her feel very uncomfortable.

Simon got his answer from her silence. “I get it.”

Instead of getting angry, he looked at her and said solemnly, “In that case, let’s start afresh.”

Diana looked at him in confusion. “Start afresh?”

She didn’t get what he meant.

“I like you,” Simon said. “What I told you in the past about me liking men was a lie. I said so because I was afraid you wouldn’t let me help you raise the children and let me stay by your side.”

He reached his hand out to her, folding up the fan he had a habit of bringing around with him. Looking Diana straight in the eye, he said solemnly, “Diana Winnington, I like you.

Please give me a chance.”